GETTING MAY 2017 SCIENTIFIC t the nexus of innovation, SciTech Now, WLIW’s local half-hour program, explores the boundaries of Ascience and the impact that it has on headlining issues that influence the nation and the world. Every Monday, the series dives into topical questions about science, the environment and technology from across the nation in a content-sharing system that introduces viewers to local innovation and advancements, helping them learn about issues affecting their fellow Americans. With an average of four segments in each production, SciTech Now navigates a variety of topics reflecting the interests of diverse communities. The May 1 episode visits a cathedral in Raleigh that uses acoustic engineering to better their sound quality, investigates the technology that monitors pipeline leaks and explores what happens to ecosystems when failures occur, jumps to Salt Lake City for a look at pelican migration patterns, and finishes in Detroit for a talk with General Motors’ first female CEO about women in the STEM industry. SciTech Now also promotes local stories in the tri-state region. On May 8, Adam Cole of NPR’s Skunk Bear (pictured top-right) joins SciTech Now host Hari Sreenivasan to discuss hydras, a freshwater animal that may hold the key to the fountain of youth. That same program also spotlights a local exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (located on Manhattan’s Museum Mile), exploring how collaborative designs can challenge social and economic inequality [Fans can dive further into Cooper-Hewitt with a recent Treasures of New York episode (wliw.org/treasures)]. And in a segment on May 15, SciTech Now reveals how an initiative called “Sounds of New York City” is helping to curb NEW EPISODES MONDAYS AT 7:30PM the cacophony and “urban irritants” of New York City streets, from Learn more at scitechnow.org construction workers drilling to blaring sirens. BRITS FROM PAST TO PRESENT “A flat-out brilliant portrait of a monarch in crisis.” – The New York Times. The BBC and Masterpiece bring a television adaptation of the critically-acclaimed and Tony-nominated play King Charles III to WLIW21. Helmed by the original creative team and starring members of the Broadway cast, the play imagines Prince Charles’ ascension to the throne following Queen Elizabeth’s death (Monday, May 15 at 9pm). Joanne Froggatt makes a sharp departure from Downton Abbey’s sweet Anna Bates in spine-tingling drama Dark Angel (Monday, May 22 at 9pm). Dispensing death from the spout of a warm teapot, the Emmy Award- winning actress plays notorious Victorian poisoner Mary Ann Cotton, Britain’s first female serial killer. COURTESY OF DRAMA REPUBLIC FOR BBC AND MASTERPIECE To Learn access more this at month’s pbs.org/masterpiece featured web content, visit wliw.org/guide 1 WLIW21 MAY 2017 SCHEDULE PLEASE NOTE: All airdates are subject to change. For the most current listings, visit WLIW21’s schedule page at wliw.org/schedule. Primetime listings are available on the WLIW21 Program Schedule Hotline at 212.560.8021 – press 3 for programming, then press 1 for program schedule. MONDAY MAY 1 8:00pm Call The Midwife 5:30pm NYC-ARTS 9:00pm Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 12:00am Doctor Blake Mysteries Crossing The Line 10:00pm Secrets of the Manor House 7:00pm MetroFocus 1:00am Father Brown The Chedworth Cyclone 11:00pm MetroFocus 7:30pm NYC-ARTS 2:00am Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece Mortal Coil 11:30pm BBC World News 8:00pm Doctor Blake Mysteries Episode Four 9:00pm Father Brown The Hand of Lucia 3:00am Call The Midwife TUESDAY MAY 2 10:00pm Grantchester Season 2 on Masterpiece This month, WLIW Arts Beat explores recycling as art; 4:00am Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece Episode Five brings jazz music to life through short animated films 5:00am Asia Insight 11:00pm MetroFocus (above); uncovers a revealing history of Manhattan’s 12:00am Globe Trekker Art Trails of the French Riviera Plaza Hotel; and unearths the non-glamourous side of 5:30am Journeys In Japan 1:00am Midsomer Murders The Creeper 11:30pm BBC World News Las Vegas. 6:00am Priscilla’s Yoga Stretches 2:00am Midsomer Murders The Creeper 6:15am Body Electric 3:00am Vera WEDNESDAY MAY 3 WLIW ARTS BEAT 6:30am Arthur The Chronicles of Buster/On This Spot 4:30am Death In Paradise Premieres Thursday, 7:00am Wild Kratts Octopus Wildkratticus 12:00am Downton Abbey Season 5 5:30am Well Read Mohsin Hamid/Exit West May 4 at 5:30pm 7:30am Cyberchase Gone with the Fog on Masterpiece Episode 1 6:00am Priscilla’s Yoga Stretches 1:32am As Time Goes By Preview videos and more at wliw.org/ 8:00am Dinosaur Train 6:15am Body Electric programs/wliw-arts-beat I’m A T. Rex!/Ned The Quadruped 2:01am Last Tango In Halifax 6:30am Arthur 8:30am Peg + Cat 3:00am Last Tango In Halifax The Cherry Tree/Matchmaker Matchbreaker The Dance Problem/Follow The Bouncing Ball 4:00am Last Tango In Halifax 7:00am Wild Kratts Walk on the Wetside 9:00am Sesame Street Valentines Day 5:00am Curious Traveler Curious Paris 7:30am Cyberchase The Emperor Has Snow Clothes 9:30am Bob the Builder What A Team! 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 8:00am Dinosaur Train 5:30am Curious Traveler Curious Rome Daniel and O’s Road Trip/Daniel’s Puppet Plan 10:00am Nature Cat Ants Revolution/Tide Pool Tough Beating The Heat/Flowers for Mom 6:00am Priscilla’s Yoga Stretches 12:30pm Thomas & Friends Helping Each Other 10:30am Super Why! The Three Little Pigs 8:30am Peg + Cat The Messy Room Problem/ 6:15am Body Electric 1:00pm Thomas & Friends Happy Engines 11:00am Curious George The Golden Pyramid Problem 6:30am Arthur War of the Worms/I Owe You One Personal Trainer/Sprout Outing 1:30pm Bob the Builder All Together Now 9:00am Sesame Street Valentines Day 7:00am Wild Kratts Liturgusa Krattorum 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 2:00pm NOVA Building Chernobyl’s MegaTomb 9:30am Bob the Builder We Can Build It! 7:30am Cyberchase The X-Factor Nighttime in the Neighborhood 3:00pm Call The Midwife 10:00am Nature Cat Stream and Shout/Hal’s Day Off 8:00am Dinosaur Train 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 4:00pm Charlie Rose 10:30am Super Why! Hansel and Gretel One Smart Dinosaur/Petey The Peteinosaurus Daniel Makes a Noise Maker/ 5:00pm MetroFocus The Big Picture/Juicy George 8:30am Peg + Cat The Pentagirls Problem/ Daniel Makes the Neighborhood 11:00am Curious George The Tree Problem of National Importance 5:30pm SciTech Now 12:30pm Thomas & Friends All Together Now 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Daniel’s Allergy/Allergies at School 9:00am Sesame Street 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 1:00pm Thomas & Friends Illuminating Minds Say Thank You to Your Face Day 7:00pm MetroFocus 12:00pm Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 1:30pm Bob the Builder What A Team! The Neighborhood Fall Festival/ 9:30am Bob the Builder All Together Now 7:30pm Long Island Business Report 2:00pm The Lawrence Welk Show Show Stoppers Field Day at School 10:00am Nature Cat Food Inequity on Long Island 3:00pm Doctor Blake Mysteries Crossing The Line 12:30pm Thomas & Friends Happy Engines Tally Ho! A Rainbow/Travelin’ Seeds 8:00pm Downton Abbey Season 5 4:00pm Charlie Rose 1:00pm Thomas & Friends All Together Now 10:30am Super Why! Humpty Dumpty on Masterpiece Episode 2 5:00pm MetroFocus 1:30pm Bob the Builder We Can Build It! 11:00am Curious George 9:30pm As Time Goes By 5:30pm Theater Talk Girl Meets Monkey/Curious George Ramps It Up 2:00pm Nature Forest of the Lynx 10:00pm EastEnders 6:00pm PBS NewsHour 11:30am Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 3:00pm Father Brown The Chedworth Cyclone 10:30pm EastEnders Daniel and Margaret Play School/ 7:00pm MetroFocus 11:00pm MetroFocus 4:00pm Charlie Rose Treasure Hunt at the Castle 7:30pm SciTech Now 5:00pm MetroFocus 11:30pm BBC World News 2 THURSDAY MAY 4 6:00am Priscilla’s Yoga Stretches 5:00am Antiques Roadshow Chicago, IL - Hour Three 6:15am Body Electric 6:00am 28 Day Metabolism Makeover with 12:00am Nature Forest of the Lynx 6:30am Arthur Home Sweet Home/Do You Believe In Magic Amy Myers, MD 1:00am NOVA Building Chernobyl’s MegaTomb 7:30am BRAINFIT: 50 Ways to Grow Your Brain 2:00am The Test 7:00am Wild Kratts Panda Power Up! with Daniel Amen, MD and 7:30am Cyberchase Father’s Day 3:00am Pacific Heartbeat Mele Murals Tana Amen, RN 8:00am Dinosaur Train 4:00am It’s Just Anxiety 9:30am Black America Since MLK: Now with Feathers!/A Frill A Minute 5:00am Growing a Greener World And Still I Rise 8:30am Peg + Cat Sol Mobile Bus (Various Cities Across America) Out of the Shadows/Move On Up COURTESY OF WLIW LLC The Three Bears Problem/The Giant Problem 5:30am Growing a Greener World 12:05pm Black America Since MLK: Behind The Scenes with Growing Treasures of New York explores the fascinating history 9:00am Sesame Street Funny Farm of the Museum of the City of New York and goes And Still I Rise A Greener World 9:30am Bob the Builder What A Build! behind-the-scenes as the museum mounts an ambitious Keep Your Head Up/Touch The Sky 6:00am Priscilla’s Yoga Stretches new permanent exhibit. Rails-to-Trails travels across 10:00am Nature Cat the state, taking viewers on a unique journey along the 3:00pm Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece Ze Worm Whisperer/Love You, Michael Bluejay 6:15am Body Electric various railway corridors that have been repurposed as 4:00pm Ancient Roads from Christ to recreational bike and pedestrian trails.